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Sunday, June 3, 2012

No Bones
about It: Low Cost Medicine Has Arrived

No bones about it.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894),
St. Ives (1894)

"Historically" Low Health Care Spending Growth Expected for 2013.

John Cummins, HealthLeaders Media, June 1, 2012

June 3, 2012 -
No bones about it.The era
of lower health costs has arrived. Suddenly,the general public, the medical profession, and employers are showing no
reluctance, no fuss, and no scruples about cutting costs.

A sense of
reality has set in among all parties. They, and the nation as a whole, have realized we can no
longer afford health care at any cost.

A number of
factors contribute:

·a
sluggish economy with less personal income

·mounting
personal and national deficits

·fear
of being unable to pay for care

·a
feeling that it is what you do for yourself rather than what doctors do for you
is what matters most

·a
focus on cost containmentby health care
organizations and insurers

·remarkable spread of health savings accounts

·recognition
that Medicaremay go broke and the Medicaid safety net may be shredded, unless
something is done

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